LSMS data quality in Maoist influenced areas of Nepal

Is the Nepal Living Standards Survey biased by the Maoists?

The Maoist party of Nepal started the People's war in 1996, and gradually extended their influence in the rural areas. Eight years into the war, in 2003/04, the Central Bureau of Statistics, in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted the second round of the Nepal Living Standards Survey (NLSS2). Data for the first round of the Nepal Living Standards Survey (NLSS1) were collected in 1995/96, prior to the civil war in Nepal.

This paper investigates to what extent the quality of the NLSS2 data has been affected by the Maoists.

The author finds there is some indication of Maoist influence on data quality, in particular the lower standard deviation for reported landholdings in Maoist-controlled districts. However, for most indicators we find no sign of low data quality. Our main conclusion is that the Maoists have had only marginal effects on the data quality of NLSS2.

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LSMS data quality in Maoist influenced areas of Nepal